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We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.\nYour day at NTT DATA\nWe are seeking a highly skilledz/OSMainframe Storage Engineer to manage, support, and optimize enterprise mainframe storage infrastructure. This role is responsible for the installation, configuration, administration, maintenance, monitoring, and modernization of storage platforms supporting IBM z/OS environments.\nThe successful candidate will oversee all aspects of storage management, including disk and tape storage, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, storage capacity planning, replication technologies, and storage software lifecycle management. The role also involves infrastructure design, hardware upgrades, automation initiatives, and proactive monitoring to ensure maximum performance, availability, and resilience of business-critical systems.\nThe ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in IBM mainframe storage technologies, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to collaborate across infrastructure, operations, and application support teams within a complex enterprise environment.\nIn this role, You will\nManage all aspects of mainframe disk and storage administration, including installation, removal, upgrades, updates, provisioning, restoration, and ongoing support.\nPerform daily operational activities, including health checks, incident management, monitoring, and issue resolution.\nPlan and implement storage capacity expansions and infrastructure changes.\nConfigure, administer, and maintain storage resources supporting databases, VSAM files, work datasets, and sort spaces.\nAdminister and support storage management products including CA Disk and related utilities.\nInstall, test, evaluate, and maintain storage hardware and software solutions.\nPerform z/OS hardware planning activities including IODF maintenance, LPAR configuration, HMC administration, and associated system changes.\nAdminister backup, recovery, archival, and disaster recovery solutions.\nInstall, maintain, and upgrade storage-related products using SMP/E and z/OSMF.\nManage storage volume allocation, capacity planning, and utilization reporting.\nSupport and participate in disaster recovery testing and recovery exercises.\nPerform root cause analysis for storage-related incidents and implement preventive actions.\nCollaborate with systems programming, network, database, and application teams to ensure seamless service delivery.\nUtilize automation tools such as NetView, System Automation (SA), CA OPS/MVS, and similar products to improve operational efficiency.\nAutomate repetitive storage administration and monitoring tasks.\nDesign, implement, and support IBM zSeries storage architectures and solutions.\nEnsure compliance with organizational security, governance, and operational standards.\nMaintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and support runbooks.\nRequired Qualifications\nTypically 8 to 15+ years of experience in Mainframe Infrastructure and z/OS Storage Administration.\nStrong hands-on experience supporting IBM z/OS storage environments in large-scale enterprise organizations.\nExperience with IBM DS8000 series storage, virtual tape systems, disaster recovery solutions, and storage management products.\nProven experience managing storage capacity, backup and recovery, replication technologies, and enterprise storage operations.\nExperience working in Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, or other highly regulated, mission-critical environments preferred.\nStrong expertise in: IBM DS8000 Series Storage (DS8870, DS8K Family)\nDSCLI\nGDPS\nPPRC Metro Mirror\nDFHSM\nDFDSS\nICKDSF\nSMS\nRMM Customization\nz/OS IODF Administration\n\nExperience installing and upgrading IBM storage hardware and software.\nStrong understanding of:Mainframe Disk Storage Management\nStorage Provisioning\nCapacity Planning\nBackup & Recovery\nDisaster Recovery\n\nExperience supporting:TS7720 Virtual Tape Systems\nStorage Grid Architectures\nPPRC Replication Environments\n\nExperience with EMC DLm Virtual Tape systems including installation, upgrade, and configuration.\nExperience with Broadcom/Brocade storage networking solutions and FICON connectivity.\nStrong knowledge of:z/OS\nJCL\nJob Scheduling\nMainframe Storage Infrastructure\n\nExperience utilizing SMP/E and z/OSMF for software maintenance and deployment.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills.\nDesired Qualifications\nExperience with:CA-1\nCA Vantage\nCA Disk\nTDMF/TDMFS\nNetView\nSystem Automation (SA z/OS)\nCA OPS/MVS\n\nKnowledge of storage performance monitoring and reporting tools.\nExperience with enterprise-scale storage migration projects.\nFamiliarity with storage automation and infrastructure modernization initiatives.\nUnderstanding of IBM Parallel Sysplex and GDPS high availability architectures.\nExperience supporting global data centers and geographically dispersed environments.\nExposure to audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements within financial services organizations.\nIBM Storage or IBM Z certifications preferred.\nJob Expectations\nEnsure high availability, resilience, and optimal performance of enterprise storage infrastructure.\nProactively monitor storage utilization, performance, and health across all environments.\nMaintain compliance with security, governance, audit, and operational standards.\nManage storage growth and perform long-term capacity planning activities.\nParticipate in software installations, maintenance activities, infrastructure upgrades, and storage migrations.\nSupport critical incident resolution and contribute to root cause analysis initiatives.\nParticipate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution activities.\nProvide after-hours and weekend support for maintenance windows and production incidents as required.\nDrive operational excellence through automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.\nCollaborate with global infrastructure teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable and scalable storage solutions.\nMaintain accurate documentation, implementation plans, and operational procedures.\nDemonstrate strong ownership, accountability, and technical leadership in managing mission-critical storage services.\nPrimary Skillset\nIBM DS8000 (DS8K / DS8870) Storage Administration\nDSCLI\nGDPS\nPPRC Metro Mirror\nDFHSM\nDFDSS\nICKDSF\nSMS\nRMM Customization\nTS7720 Virtual Tape Systems\nEMC DLm Virtual Tape\nzOS IODF Administration\nHMC & LPAR Management\nSMP/E\nz/OSMF\nMainframe Backup & Recovery\nDisaster Recovery Planning & Execution\nStorage Capacity Management\nFICON Storage Networking\nWorkplace type:\nAbout NTT DATA\nNTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune\nGlobal 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through\nresponsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with\nunmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and\napplication services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move\nconfidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more\nthan 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as\nestablished and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each\nyear in R&D.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nNTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.\nThird parties fraudulently posing as NTT DATA recruiters\nNTT DATA recruiters will never ask job seekers or candidates for payment or banking information during the recruitment process, for any reason. Please remain vigilant of third parties who may attempt to impersonate NTT DATA recruiters whether in writing or by phone in order to deceptively obtain personal data or money from you. All email communications from an NTT DATA recruiter will come from an @nttdata.com email address. 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